Battling Venezia are aching to pull off a surprise victory when they welcome enterprising Cagliari in the next league game. It’s 15th vs 6th and the home regulars will have moderate expectations.
- Venezia have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Serie B
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
This should be an intriguing game with lots of spark and excitement as both teams are well refreshed since they last played a game. Let's get started!
Venezia form and stats
With 3 Serie B wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats from their home games, Venezia are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Venezia travelled for their previous game, a trip to Pisa that ended 1-1. A painful moment in the game against Pisa was the missed penalty kick from Gliozzi in the 38th minute. A goal there would obviously have changed the match and probably the outcome. Hristov was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.41 out of 10. The defender Hristov won 11 of 15 duels.
Before that, Venezia had a home game versus SPAL which ended with a victory 2-1.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Venezia as they are travelling to their away game against Bari 1908 in the Serie B. That match is four days after this one.
The Venezia fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 13 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 20 goals have been conceded. When Venezia hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Brescia, SPAL, Como, Benevento, Cosenza and Perugia), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 4 of 5 times.
Cagliari form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cagliari so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 1-6-5 (win-draw-lose).
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Bari 1908 (placed 3rd) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1. Defender Dossena was the best team player with a rating of 7.4. Dossena won 6 of 9 duels.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Benevento.A new game in only four days for Cagliari, the Serie B home match versus Genoa. Busy days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cagliari as they have only managed to score 10 times from 12 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Cagliari have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have faced each other already this season, with the result Cagliari - Venezia 1-4 logged in the official records. Statistics for the previous three meetings between these two sides are: one win for Venezia, two draws and zero wins for Cagliari. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: two games.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Lapadula 10 goals |   J. Pohjanpalo 9 goals |  L. Pavoletti 6 goals |
Venezia missing players
Cagliari missing players
| Venezia | Cagliari | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 11 | 7 | 5 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 29 |
| 34 | 20 | 10 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 27 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 84% | 92% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 72% |
| 48% | 54% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 36% |
| 16% | 15% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 16% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 68% | 69% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 56% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 25% | 28% |
| 24% | 23% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 42% | 24% |
| 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5.2 | 5.4 |
| 5.6 | 6.3 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 12.4 | 12.1 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 12.4 | 14 |
| 4.3 | 3.9 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.2 | 4.1 |
| 27% | 27% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 26% | 28% |
| 14.2 | 14.4 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 12.3 | 11.7 |
| 4.4 | 4.6 | 5.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.6 | 4 |
- Venezia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Venezia have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Serie B
- Venezia have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Serie B
- Venezia have the most conceded goals (20) at home in Serie B
- Venezia have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in Serie B
- Venezia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Frosinone | 25 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 40 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 26 | 55 |
| 2 | Genoa | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 42 |
| 3 | Bari 1908 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 41 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 40 |
| 4 | Südtirol | 25 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 27 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 40 |
| 5 | Reggina | 25 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 36 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 39 |
| 6 | Cagliari | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 29 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 36 |
| 7 | Pisa | 25 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 36 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 35 |
| 8 | Palermo | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -2 | 35 |
| 9 | Modena | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 35 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 34 |
| 10 | Parma | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 34 |
| 11 | Ternana | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -6 | 34 |
| 12 | Ascoli | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 28 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | -2 | 32 |
| 13 | Cittadella | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -9 | 30 |
| 14 | Perugia | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 28 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 16 | -2 | 29 |
| 15 | Venezia | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 29 | 34 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | -5 | 28 |
| 16 | Como | 25 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 27 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 21 | -8 | 28 |
| 17 | Benevento | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 11 | -6 | 26 |
| 18 | SPAL | 25 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 25 |
| 19 | Brescia | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 23 | -16 | 25 |
| 20 | Cosenza | 25 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 23 | -17 | 23 |
